Back in September she said in a statement: "I'm a fighter. I use the word suffer not only because trauma and chronic pain have changed my life, but because they are keeping me from living a normal life. They are also keeping me from what I love the most in the world: performing for my fans.

Lady Gaga's Joanne World Tour is heading to Birmingham, London and Manchester in 2018

"I am looking forward to touring again soon, but I have to be with my doctors right now so I can be strong and perform for you all for the next 60 years or more. I love you so much."

Originally Gaga announced three UK dates, which were extended to five following huge demand from her fans, also known as Little Monsters.

Her previous tours, including Monster Ball Tour and Born This Way Ball have visited sold out arenas across the UK and confirmed Gaga as one of the biggest popstars on the planet.

What are the UK tour dates?

Lady Gaga will play 59 dates on the Joanne World Tour (Image: AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

January 31 - Birmingham Arena

February 1 - Birmingham Arena

February 4 - London, O2 Arena

February 6 - Manchester Arena

February 8 - London, O2 Arena

Can I still buy tickets?

Yes, a limited number of standard and platinum tickets are available across various dates from Ticketmaster here.

Alternatively tickets will also be available from secondary sites including GetMeIn, however they will be at higher than face value prices.

Meanwhile Twickets allows customers to sell their tickets at face value or less, but you they are sold quickly, so create an account and set up an alert to your phone and email to get your hands on tickets.

What songs are on the setlist?

Lady Gaga will perform her biggest hits on the Joanne World Tour (Image: Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Although the setlist for the UK and European leg of the tour is yet to be confirmed, fans can get a good idea of what to expect from the recent US and Canada shows where Gaga played the following set:

Diamond Heart

A-Yo

Poker Face

Perfect Illusion

John Wayne

Scheiße

Alejandro

Just Dance

Love Game

Telephone

Applause

Come to Mama

The Edge of Glory (piano acoustic)

Born This Way

Bloody Mary

Dancin' In Circles

Paparazzi

Angel Down

Joanne

Bad Romance

The Cure

Encore:

Million Reasons

What are the stage times?

Check back for a more detailed schedule closer to the show's date, but for now we know the following:

Doors: 6:30pm

Who's the support act?

The support act for the UK and European legs of the Joanne World Tour are yet to be announced.

However throughout the majority of her US and Canada leg Gaga had no support, except during a handful of shows where she was joined by DJ White Shadow.

What merchandise will be on sale?

Fans have uploaded some pictures on social media of the merch stands at the US and Canadian shows.

One user posted pictures of the latest merch that isn't available online yet:

If you can't wait until then, or you want to be decked out ready for the UK shows then you can buy plenty of the Lady Gaga merchandise on the official website here.

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